Universities & teams

Universities having research projects supported by the Q.E.M.F.

 

Q.E.M.F. funded research projects

Projects 2011–2013

 

UGent

Prof. dr. Christophe Ampe

ß-actin in neural crest cell migration and brain development

 

Prof. dr. Geert van Loo, PhD

Study of the role of the NF-ĸB regulatory protein A20 in autoimmune central nervous system inflammation

UAntwerpen

Prof. dr. Marc Cruts, PhD

Molecular genetics and functional genomics of frontotemporal lobar degeneration

 

Prof. dr. Vincent Timmerman, PhD

Charcot-Marie-Tooth neuropathies: from genes to protein networks and disease mechanisms

VUB

Prof. dr. Ilse Smolders, PhD

Unveiling the role of the cystine/glutamate antiporter (system Xc-) in hippocampal functioning, mechanisms of epilepsy and its comorbidities: a new era for future drug treatment

ULB

Prof. dr. Eric Bellefroid

Role of DMRT transcription factors in the development of the cerebral cortex

 

 

Prof. dr. Serge N. Schiffmann

Roles of specific genes and neuronal populations in functions and disorders of basal ganglia

 

Prof. Pierre Vanderhaeghen, MD, PhD

From stem cells to cortical networks

KU Leuven

Prof. dr. Claudia Bagni

mRNA metabolism at synapses and spine remodeling: insights into fragile X, autism and Schizophrenia

 

Prof. dr. Danny Huylebroeck

Developmental origin of multiple defects of the nervous systems in Mowat-Wilson syndrome and its new insights for normal embryonic and adult neurogenesis

UCLouvain

Prof. Fadel Tissir, PhD

Celsr genes in brain development and function

ULiège

Prof. dr. Pierre Maquet

Characterization of human sleep/Wake regulation using multimodal functional imaging in populations stratified on the polymorphism of PERIOD3 gene

 

Dr. Laurent Nguyen, PhD

Unravelling the roles of lysine acetylation in neural development

Previous research projects